The Paro and Pancho´s 4th of July party
Vive la Dia de la Indepencia de los Estados Unidos!!
10.7.07
I spoke before about la huelga, the longterm strike thats going on here. I learned of a new kind of strike last week, el Paro. The Paro is when no cars are allowed to drive, no businesses are supposed to be open, and no gringos are supposed to be out... for 2 days straight. We were told by our director that in the past the paros have gotten very violent (cars flipped over and lit on fire, peasants marching through the plaza with sticks, etc). So we decided to get well prepared monday night with mucho comida, cervezas, y vino. Fortunatly, it turned out to be a very mild paro and even though we couldnt go to work and no cars were on the road, we were able to leave the house for a little bit. I mostly just lied on the roof drinking vino and watching the marches from a safe distance. Pooja and I made a US Flag cake. We worked on some craft projects for the clinic... all in all it was a nice day. Wednesday, the 4th, our favorite man ever Pancho threw all of the volunteers a party. Peruvians love to celebrate everything here, so when he heard we had a big gringo holiday we were missing... he went all out. This man practically owns Ayacucho so he can do whatever he wants, paro or not, and he somehow managed in 2 days to get together a feast, large amounts of alcohol, 2 bands, a bonfire, and our own fireworks show.... all in his exwife´s house... he is the man. It ended up being one of the best 4th of July partys I´ve ever been to. I love pancho.
Posted by caracorc85 12:41
